Numbers 9:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So it was continually; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So it was constantly; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

American Standard Version (1901)

So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

Common English Bible

It was always there. The cloud covered it by day, appearing with lightning at night.

Catholic Public Domain Version

This was so continually: throughout the day a cloud covered it, and throughout the night, the appearance of fire.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So it was always: by day the cloud covered it, and by night, as it were the appearance of fire.

Numbers 9:16 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:12

By a pillar of cloud thou didst lead them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.

Nehemiah 9:19

thou in thy great mercies didst not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of cloud which led them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night which lighted for them the way by which they should go.

Psalm 105:39

He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.

Psalm 78:14

In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.

Exodus 40:34

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:38

For throughout all their journeys the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.

1 Corinthians 10:1

I want you to know, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

2 Corinthians 5:19

that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

Deuteronomy 1:33

who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day.

Revelation 21:3

and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them;